Interpreting social inclusion of young immigrants in Italy
Year: 2010
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: A large amount of young people coming from developing countries have arrived in Italy during the last decade. Not all th ese young people wish to build a future in Italy, many of them expect to move to ano ther European nation or further abroad, to other developed countries: this means cr eating new relations and identities. This paper is based on data collected during an emp irical study in Lombardy - a region in the North of Italy which counts the large st number of foreign students residing in Italy (one fourth of the total number) - carried out in 2006 on a sample of young immigrants attending several types of seco ndary educational institutions. Our aim is to highlight the usefulness of some of t heoretical categories provided by international studies within the sociology of migra tion for interpreting the social condition of young immigrants in Italy. The role of the family and the role of school environment, with a particular consideration of the problem of school dis- tress, in determining these adolescents' future soc ial inclusion are discussed. In conclusion, the need for a comparative analysis of data sets, drawing upon both na- tive and immigrant student data is recommended in o rder to aid comprehension of the entire process of social inclusion.
Authors: Maddalena Colombo, Mariagrazia Santagati
Institution: Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2112856520